Executive Summary On 31 October 2000, the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed resolution 1325, which categorically linked violence against women during conflict and their marginalisation during peace processes with
Executive Summary On 31 October 2000, the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed resolution 1325, which categorically linked violence against women during conflict and their marginalisation during peace processes with
Abstract This paper sketches a conceptual framework of international conflict dynamics and resolution, examines the geopolitics of the Bakassi dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, and outlines socio-economic implications of its
Editorial By Vasu Gounden The Emerging UN/AU Peacekeeping Partnership By Cedric de Coning Community Reintegration Models for Ex-militias Lessons for the Niger Delta and other divided societies By Don John
The conflict in Darfur, Sudan, has attracted a tremendous amount of attention in the last six years. Scholars, humanitarian organisations and investigative commissions and panels sponsored by the African Union
Editorial By Vasu Gounden The Emerging UN/AU Peacekeeping Partnership By Cedric de Coning Community Reintegration Models for Ex-militias Lessons for the Niger Delta and other divided societies By Don John
Abstract Is there any role for regional organisations in the maintenance of international peace and security and if so, how effective are they? This question has polarised the debate on
Abstract This paper examines the democratisation agenda laid out by Western governments for the North African region vis-í -vis their Realpolitik conflict containment approach towards the Western Sahara conflict. Western policymakers
The extent of the two editors’ working experience around policy and gender issues is ‘beyond numbers’. Julie Ballington, a specialist on political participation and representation of women, headed the project
Bellamy et al start their book with a quote by Alan James: “the fullest perspective on peacekeeping… is one which places it firmly in the context of international politics.” Understanding